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Accounts from as far back as 2014 described a “Troll Factory” in St. Petersburg where Russian tycoon Evgeny Prighozin, a longtime crony of President Vladimir Putin, reportedly began buttressing the regime of the former KGB spymaster and eventually morphed into a sprawling operation with international targets. On Friday a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned […]

Vice President Mike Pence sat only a few feet away from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s sister at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics, but he ignored her and purposefully so, he revealed Wednesday. Kim Yo Jong, sister and confidant of the North Korean dictator, is a prominent figure in a brutal regime […]

Top U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia is laying the online groundwork to meddle in this year’s midterm elections, and they warned that both Russia and China are barreling toward weapons designed to take out American satellites in space. Russia in particular will continue targeting the U.S. with cyberattacks, disinformation and leaks aimed at […]

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, America’s longest-serving bomber, set a new record for the most smart bombs dropped on the Taliban in Afghanistan, the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan revealed Tuesday. Shattering the previous record set in November, the American bomber dropped 24 precision-guided munitions during a 96-hour air campaign against Taliban training and narcotics facilities in Afghanistan, Fox […]

Drug cartels control almost as much territory in Mexico as the Islamic State controlled in Syria at the height of its power, a key Republican senator said this week after returning from a trip through the region. Sen. James Lankford, one of the Republicans looking to lead on an immigration bill this year, said the […]

President Trump said a devastating car bombing in Afghanistan Saturday “renews our resolve” to defeat the Taliban. “I condemn the despicable car bombing attack in Kabul today that has left scores of innocent civilians dead and hundreds injured,” Mr. Trump said in a statement. “This murderous attack renews our resolve and that of our Afghan partners. The Taliban’s cruelty will not prevail.” A […]

The biggest zoo in Paris went into lockdown today after around 52 ‘large and potentially very aggressive baboons’ escaped from their enclosures. All were seen running amok in the French capital’s Zoological Park, in the Vincennes woods, soon after midday, but it is thought just four remain on the loose after 48 of them were recaptured. ‘It’s […]

Chinese state media asserted Sunday that the ongoing government shutdown highlights “chronic flaws” in the U.S. political system, strongly arguing that Washington is not the “shining city on the hill” it claims to be. The U.S. government shut down Friday night over irreconcilable differences between Republicans and Democrats on immigration, with the left unwilling to […]

The Coast Guard’s proposed heavy icebreaker for the Arctic comes with something no previous model ever had: room for cruise missiles. While military control of the frozen tundras at the top of the world has become a political and national security imperative to Washington and Moscow for years, Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft quietly confirmed last week that the […]

The Department of State is warning travelers destined for North Korea to draft a will and make funeral plans. Those who dare to travel to the North should apparently assume that they will not be coming back, the State Department suggested in a stark warning to travelers. The warning, issued last week, was first noticed by NK News. A […]

Yet another federal judge has ruled that President Trump showed “clear cut indications of racial prejudice” against Mexicans during the campaign, and he used that in a new decision Friday to further dent the administration’s efforts to end the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty. Judge William Alsup, who earlier in the week had blocked the DACA phaseout and ordered […]

An emergency alert warning Hawaii of a ballistic missile threat Saturday was issued by mistake, authorities said afterwards. The warning was sent to cellphone users in Hawaii shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday morning, reading: “EMERGENCY ALERT: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Officials clarified minutes later that […]